Ten years ago, it was western Europe’s murder capital. How did the city face up to endemic knife and gang crime – and why did it discontinue a key programme?
Article doesn’t really address why the program isn’t around any more beyond “funding dried up,” but, there’s also the basic notion behind it all is worth pull quoting:
[Karyn McCluskey, director of the Violence Reduction Unit,] believes inequality breeds violence. She wants “a revolution” in how we tackle violence – by focusing on the traumatic environments in which so many offenders are reared. Reversing the effects of 20 years of deprivation and neglect is not easy, but it has to be done.
“If jail on its own worked, America would have no crime,” she points out. “You need a different approach.”